Prompt magnetic investigations of archaeological remains in areas of infrastructure development: Israeli experience

Archaeological Prospection

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 163-185

  Eppelbaum, Lev V ^a   Khesin, Boris E ^b   Itkis, Sonya E ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Archaeological remains; Engineering constructions; Interpretation; Magnetic prospecting; Protection; Three dimensional modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842717370     PISSN: 10752196     EISSN: 10990763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arp.167     Document Type: Article

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